Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 115 ( Desika Prabhandham--> VI: Paasurams 57-60

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SrI:

 

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

 

In this posting , adiyEn will cover 4 more Paasurams( 57-60) of Desika

Prabhandham , which are the 18-21 Paasurams of AdhikAra Sangraham.

 

Parikara VibhAgAdhikAram :The 11th Chapter of SRTS

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The Five AngAs of Prapatthi

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57) The UpAyams like Bhakthi Yogam make us doubt

whether it would be possible at all for us to practise them

because of their rigors. For us , who recognize that we are

incapable of practising such an upAyam for gaining Moksham

and still long for enjoying Moksha sukham , AchAryAs blessed us

with the UpAyam of Prapatthi with its five angams .

 

In initating us into Prapatthi yOgam , our AchAryAs had

a serious objective for us to recognize the soulabhyam of

our Lord and not to go away from Him due to our fear of

unfitness to appraoch Him because of His matchless Vaibhavam. Our

AchAryAs removed our temerity and fear to approach Him

by instructing us on the ways of performing Prapatthi

at the sacred feet of our Lord , SrIman NaarAyaNan to gain

Moksham .Had they not done so ,we would have ended up

begging our equals like Brahma , Indran and Rudran

to banish our samsAric sufferings and being disappointed

by approaching a powerless adhikAri . Our AchAryAs saved us

from such futile attempts through their instructions on

the ways to perform Prapatthi .

 

The key passage of this 57th Paasuram is : " ThuRavit-tuniyil

thuNaiyAm Paranai varikkum vahai anbar aRivitthanar". ( Our

loving and merciful AchAryAs taught us ( who were suffering

from samsAric sorrows ) the way to perform Prapatthi at

the holy feet of the Lord waiting always for us as our protector .

 

Additional comments

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" Paranai varikkum vahai " revealed to us by our SadAchAryAs

is to perform Prapatthi with its five angams ( Aanukoolya

Sankalpam , PrAthikoolya Varjanam , Mahaa VisvAsam ,

KaarpaNyam and gOpthruva VaraNam ). Our AchAryas

instructed us that the UpAyam of Prapatthi must not leave out

any one of the five angams of Prapatthi; otherwise , the performed

Prapatthi will not be successful. Of all the five angams, Mahaa VisvAsam

in the Lord is the most important angam . It is not easy to gain

MahA VisvAsam without AchArya KatAksham and UpakAram.

For Prapatthi done solely for Moksham , Saathvika ThyAgam

is considered as another angam of Prapatthi.

 

Our Lord has Parathvam (Supermacy ) as well as Soulabhyam

(ease of access by one and all). Those who get overwhelmed by

His Parathvam and are afraid to approach Him belong to the adhama

(lower) category among men ; those who comprehend His Soulabhyam

and approach Him are Parama AasthikAs . This is the view of

Swamy AppuLLAr , the AchAryan of Swamy Desikan.

 

Saanga-PrapadhanAdhikAram: the 12th chapter of SRTS

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Explanation of the Svaroopam of Prapatthi

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The 58th slOkam of Desika Prabhandham ( the19th slOkam

of AdhikAra Sangraham) explains the ways to perform one

of the four kinds of Prapatthi(Svanishtai, Ukthi Nishtai , AchArya

Nishtai and BhAgavatha Nishtai).

 

58) Our Lord has vowed to protect us because of our eternal

and indissoluable relationship with Him. He longs from ancient

times (anAdhi Kaalam) to gain us and blesses us with

His rejuvenating shower of Mercy. Our AchAryAs -- who have

seen the shores of VedAnthA-- recognize us as the Jeevans

needing that protection of the most merciful Lord and have placed

us at His sacred feet for unfailing protection.

 

The key passage of this 58th Paasuram is: " MaRai soodiya

namm mannavar----perum tahavu uRRa PirAn adik-keezh

bharam aRavE yenRu adaikkalam vaitthanar" ( Our AchAryAs

as Emperors of VedAntham have placed us at the feet of our

most merciful Lord as objects that need protection from Him.

They did so because they wanted the chEthanam to banish

any thoughts about protecting itself by itself.

 

Additional Comments

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The act of reverential presentation (samarpaNam) of

the AathmA is the angi with five angAs , Aathma SamarpaNam

or Prapatthi. This angi (Prapatthi) or Bhara SamarpaNam

with its five angams has the following three divisions:

 

1) Svaroopa SamarpaNam ( surrender of Aathma Svaroopam)

 

2) Aathma RakshA Bhara SamarpaNam ( surrender of the burden

of the chEthanam's protection to the Lord Himself)

 

3) Phala SamarpaNam ( Surrender of the fruits of such

a protection to the Lord Himself).

 

Krutha-krithyAdhikAram: The 13th Chapter of SRTS

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The state of freedom from worries after Prapatthi

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The 59th Desika Prabhandha Paasuram is the 20th Paasuram of

AdhikAra Sangraham .

 

59) Our Lord VaradarAjan grants the boon of Moksham to the chEthanam

that has performed Prapatthi . He does not stop there . He also grants

Moksham even to those , who are connected to the chEthnam . Even after that ,

our PeraruLALan keeps reflecting on what other boons He can grant to

the Prapannan. As a result of performing their Prapatthi , those blessed

PrapannAs acquire the qualites of being (1) our kings (2) nithyasooris

(3) solely dedicated to their enjoyment of Parama Padham (4) ParamahamsAs

and (5) completers of all Yaj~nams .

 

The key passage of this Paasuram is: " anbu udayArkku yenna varam tara

yenra Namm Atthigiri ThirumAl , namm mukkiyar Mannavar , ViNNavar ,Vaann

karutthOr , Annavar vELvi anaitthum muditthanar" aaha aruLinAn .

 

Additional Comments

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The reasons for celebrating the ChEthnam , who has performed

Prapatthi as Krutha Kruthyan and KruthArTan are : (1) The burden of

protection has been removed (2) the worries and fears about the sureness

of gaining the fruit of Moksham has been banished and the tranquilty was

gained (3) ParamaikAnthithvam resulted and the bonds to other dhaivams

were shattered . These all resulted as a direct consequence of the Lord ,

who is Sarva Sakthan ( Omnipotent) , Sarvaj~nan ( Omniscient ) and

Shaja Suhrudhi ( our well wisher by SvabhAvam) . He accepted the burden

of protecting us ( Sveekrutha BharE ) and as a result , the Prapannan became

Krutha Krutyan and Kaimkarya dhaninan ( the possessor of the wealth of

Kaimkaryam to the Lord). The Prapannan got immersed in the ParipoorNa

BrahmAnandham of the limitless ocean of Bliss ( nirupadhi MahAnandha

Jaladhi) . The Prapannan became krutha Kruthyan and has nothing to do

in this world for Moksha PrayOjanam any more ( YadharTam puna:

karthavyam yath kinchidhapi , iha na: na ).

 

The Prapannan ( One who has performed Prapatthi) is now revered as

Budhan or the One who has clear knowledge about his svaroopam.

He abandons therefore all the acts that are forbidden by SaashtrAs

of the Lord and yield insignificant and transient pleasures( parimitha

sukha prApthyai kruthyam akruthyavath praheeNam ). During the rest

of the days in this samsAram ( post-prapatthi period) , the command of

the Lord as revealed by His Saasthrams are used as a guide for conductance

of the life ( iha VibhO: aj~nAsthu: param Bhudhai: anupAlyathE).

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan